The Floating Cinema by Somewhere and Studio Weave

an up projects production for the waterways of East London

The waterways of the five Olympic host boroughs will be host to a floating cinema developed by artists Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie (known collectively as Somewhere), and designed by Hackney based architects Studio Weave, during the summer 2011.

This extraordinary floating structure will accommodate intimate on-board film screenings, larger outdoor film events and provide a base for film related activities led by Pope and Guthrie.

Somewhere produce ambitious, innovative and challenging projects spanning film, the web, installation, live events and public art. They have created engaging films including Bata-ville: We are not afraid of the future and Living with the Tudors. For this project, they will be spending time with the many communities connected to the canals to develop a project aboard The Floating Cinema that seeks to gauge a 'human blueprint' of the waterways and connections to the Olympic Park and Games.

Studio Weave is an energetic young design practice working on art and architecture commissions across the country. Their designs play into and explore the quirky and eccentric characteristics that make places distinctive; the canals of east London will provide copious amounts of eccentricity to inspire these young designers.

As the project continues to progress we will update you with the program for this summer.

Front: Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope: Somewhere. Back: Maria Smith & Je Ahn: Studio Weave.